KwaMashu
EsiNqawunqawini | |
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 Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal station in KwaMashu | |
  KwaMashu  KwaMashu  KwaMashu | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′S 30°59′E / 29.750°S 30.983°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | eThekwini |
| Main Place | Durban |
| Established | 1959 |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.47 km2 (8.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 175,663 |
| • Density | 8,200/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 91.3% |
| • English | 2.9% |
| • Xhosa | 1.5% |
| • S. Ndebele | 1.3% |
| • Other | 3.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 4360 |
| Area code | 031 |
KwaMashu is a township 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Durban, South Africa. The name honours Sir Marshall Campbell and means Place of Marshall.[2] KwaMashu is bordered by Newlands East to the south, Newlands West to the west, Ntuzuma to the north, Phoenix to the north-east, Mount Edgecombe to the east and Durban North to the south-east.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place KwaMashu". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, R.E. Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa).